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Mikeli Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

May anybody tell me the meaning of "attribution"

I've met with a commonly used phrase "high liability and attribution" in some resume websites. This phrase is used to describe the traits of a person, and used without context.

But I do not know the meaning of "attribution" in this phrase.

Would anybody tell me what it means. Thank you in advance.
  

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Hi, "high liability and attribution" I have no idea what this would describe about a person. I think perhaps it was written by someone who does not speak English well. I wonder, for example, if they were thinking of the word ' re liability'?

— Clive

  • Hi, "high liability and attribution" I have no idea what this would describe about a person.
  • I think perhaps it was written by someone who does not speak English well.
  • I wonder, for example, if they were thinking of the word ' re liability'?
  • When you say someone is a 'liability', it is slang that means the person is useless.
  • Anyway, I suggest that you shouldn't worry about it.
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Hi,

"high liability and attribution"

I have no idea what this would describe about a person. I think perhaps it was written by someone who does not speak English well. I wonder, for example, if they were thinking of the word 'reliability'? When you say someone is a 'liability', it is slang that means the person is useless.
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Hi, doing a quick google has turned up a set of CVs from Chinese people using this phrase. In fact they are all pretty much repeating the same set of qualities:

"Good professional presentation skills. Team work spirit. High liability and Attribution. Able to work under great pressure. Nice Characters."

So they are obviously all copying it from the same source regardless of the
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1. The act of attributing, especially of establishing a particular person, place, or time as the creator, provenance, or era of a work of art.
2. Something, such as a quality or characteristic, that is related to a particular possessor; an attribute.
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Nona The Brit'Nice Characters' [is]not correct English.

I'm inclined to believe that they referred to their handwriting rather than their personality, taken into consideration that they are all Chinese
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Hi,

But all the Chinese people I know have nice characters.

Best wishes, Clive
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I would really thank you guys for your so quick replies.

Actually, I would believe that this phrase is not a proper English usage at the first sight. But being a non-native-English-speaker, I am not confident. Now I am clear about it.

Thank you guys again.
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